Undaunted by a distribution error that sabotaged the relaunch of the ongoing comics anthology, SHIFT, the team have published a Collectors Edition Special of Volume Three Issue One, on sale in the correct shops soon.
This edition features a new wraparound cover by Chris Geary, Gary Erskine and Lee Milner, with 20 extra pages and is available from select TG Jones (from Friday 18th December), newsagents, Local Comic Shops – and direct from the official SHIFT webshop, here.
In This Special Issue…
Re-presenting “Nema” by Rik Hoskin and Lee Milner (featured in Volume Two issue 10, but didn’t make it to newsstands), a prose story and a feature on the upcoming B7 Comics reboot of Dan Dare!
Four New Stories starting this issue:
- “Terminal Man” by Oliver Frey and Kelvin Gosnell- representing and Concluding the classic story from Crash and Zzap!64 magazines!
- “Hypersonic” – incredible action from Dan Abnett, Steve White and Gary Erskine, remastered from new scans
- “Alsatian Cages” – mythical and chilling mystery from Grayham Puttock
- “2:57AM” all new from Baden James Mellonie and Brett Burbridge
and continuing…
- “Elena Divinity Rising” by Darren Pearce and Stuart Jennett – with a catch up synopsis for new readers!
Plus…
- “Clock” – one shot post apocalypse from Paul Neal and Lyndon Webb
- Articles – featuring “Terminal Man” and artist Oliver Frey, Pat Mills’ “Ragtime Soldier” and Mad Robot’s “Thunder Child”
Also out – The SHIFT 2026 Annual!
On sale now with a cover by Hal Laren, the SHIFT Annual 2026 is available in softback and hardback, and features ten strips and three illustrated text stories, in 120 pages!
• “Blob Detective” by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Russell Mark Olson
• “Deadly Skies” by Mark Lewis and Geoff Senior
• “Slow Shift” by Rik Hoskin with James Roach
• “The Ballad of Cuthbert and Kay” by Chris Geary
• “Fight or Flight” by Matt Hardy and Marco Roblin
• “Drift” by Chris Geary
• “Anonymous” by Rik Hoskin and Donna Black
• “Eternal Flame” by Paul Neal and Patrick Goddard
• “Campaign 2079” by C.S.Baker, Matt Fitch and Shaky Kane
• “Containment Protocol 7C” by Chris McAuley with Martin Baines
• “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Oisin Roche, adapted from the story by Jorge Luis Borges
• “The Sky Blinders” by Trevor von Eeden
• “100 Traps” by Rik Hoskin with Lee Milner
• The SHIFT Annual 2026 is available from select TG Jones (from Friday 18th December), newsagents, Local Comic Shops – and direct from the official SHIFT webshop, here.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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